The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-10-15
TNE OLD SETTLER.
Ic witnesses the Match Game BE.
tween the Holiowback and Daisy
Cutter Mines.

the great game, made mp his mind that
hc couldn't have IL better place To see
the game than seat near the home
plate, aud he started for it. The game
hal been called in the mean time. The
Hollow Backs went to the bat. The
Oh Settler made his way TO the spot he
had selected and sat down on the grass
afew feet back of and to the left of the
home P!ate.
"Go WY from there, erandpop" vel
lei Prlcs from his place behind Bill
Simmons,
You'll get your head Knocked Off"
'nont You get skccrt, sonny" the
OH Settler shoHted back. "Yom OF
glan'rap want bpru in the woods for
nuthin'. Keep that rel shirt o your'n
IN. Pcl"", an nercecd ahead with
.swcepin' mp the earth with these Hollcr
Backs -
'.,5cr liorn. old ln9n," said one Of TIE
Juvenile hall PLAYERS from Strcetcr's
Corners. IA ing t.c Old Settler on HE
shoulder, '',oI emit stay here. Yer in
TIE way, AMI wen run over We. Come,
s-t mp and DIG"
''Jcawliz =" exclaimed lie Cd Settler
as n. l.D,ri uu and saw uhc.0:.s giving
him his 0rl"r'. "Thn mex thin /
t.o| SON" - these Wh.ppor-SnirDe.5
a. ,.'&,- 'oaIr:s i'll be- scn.i;n' me t.
,."H f. tc'''. I'm paper o cLaNiu" &
1ar.cr, Go way fom ne, boy, or L Il
-"
IusttEcn the umpire called ''foul" and
~" hall carromCd on the Old Settlers
broad irirmed hat, and sent it hving
dp-rl feet AWAY.
''Foul." he yelled. Ill sh'd say it
wee foil. M :t's the. consumed inn
0f Il E!.l Simmons az done it. If th1z
any g Won Huiier Baci,cr, th't thinks We
cal Z; Il: him. j.st let me lay my feelers
on Linn. III show We how it's don ), b.
gosh Jist you fire another ball inter
lne, We Young varmint, an I'll skin y0
like | wonld an cell"
Pc.cS gIictcl the old man down, and
led him to II safe place among the spec
ta'ol@. Bu: he sat down growing:
Foul. | sh'd say it were foul, con-
sarn him :"
by and hy lie got interested in the
game. As it went on he began to notice
that the friends of the DAISY Cutters
did1lot manifest any evidences of JOY,
while the delegation that came up with
the Hollow Bucks seemed particularly
clated.
SAY" said the Old Settler at last to
n Young friend of the Daisies, ''be we
paralyzin' the Holler Backs, an sweep
il the earth with en- much. My eye
sight hain't scarcely long enough to fol-
l?r all the points"
BE we :" replied the young friend,
and .llcre Was highly concentrated dis
gust ia his tone. "Wall, Major, we'm
ASPIRIN ;he Hollcr Backs little, an
as she heads now, the Daisy Cutters is
bcin' tore mp wuSs'n a ton or feathers
in Il hurricane: This is the beginnin'
q the siXt' innin's. an the Daisy Gut
tegs has rolled up tire p'ints to the Hol-
Ter Backs forty-two. Oh we'm
a-swccpin' the earth with EN-"
''But | hain't see nobody hit Bill
Simmons yit, dod-rot him :" said the
Old Settler.
"Ye hain't seen nobody hit Bill Sim
mons" exclaimed the Daisy Cutters
critic. "W'y, Solomon's ghost, They
h..at ben dom no:hin' else They've
pounded him, an hammered him, an
slugCcd him from the word go. They've
had hin all over the field, an don't
know hut half mile beyant it. Hit
Bill Simaons, They've batted him
silly"
An he STAINS thar yit an keeps on
a-piayip' = said the Old Settler, in
amazement. Il didn't think Bill had
So much game in him. Me''be 'twere
jis. cz well th't didn't he t. git up an
show the Holler Backs how to hit him.
But, say, things can't be a-go!n' the way
PeleS an Shaggy Jones an Bill Sim
mons had it fixed fer to go. Peleg's
the i'm danly Short stop O. the Daisy